#friendlyrivalry

Woo Seulgi pants as she looks around.

Looking at the photo again just to make sure she got it right this time.

She compares the photo to the sight in front of her and her heart beats faster.

'It's right.' Seulgi thinks.

She got it right this time.

Ever since she completed the entrance exam, two days ago, she's been running around to find Jaeyi.

Who cares about the result?

Who cares if she got in or not?

Who cares about all that when the love of her life is waiting for her?

So here she was.

She walks to the pier and slowly approaches the end.

She's here. She's right here. But where the hell was Jaeyi?

"Jaeyi-ah!?" She calls out but to no avail.

Did she got it wrong again?

She clutches the photo, making it crumpled. She was about to throw it in the sea when someone stops her.

"Why crumple it?" Jaeyi tsks at her. "I spent hours on finding the right angle, you know?" Seulgi can only stare as Jaeyi flats the picture.

Her heart is beating so fast. So fast as if she just ran a marathon.

It's Jaeyi.

Her Jaeyi.

Alive. And well. Not in a bottom of a lake. Or missing. She was here.

Without a word, Seulgi pulls Jaeyi into a bone crushing hug.

Hoping that what words cannot say will be said by action instead.

Jaeyi can only chuckle as her arms circles around Seulgi's waist.

"Did you miss me?" Jaeyi jokingly asks but Seulgi nods as she sobs.

"So much. So fucking much, Jaeyi-ah." She cries in her arms. Jaeyi pulls away and tenderly wipes Seulgi's tears away.

"You did a good job finding me, Princess." The nickname makes Seulgi shudder. Oh, how she missed this. Missed her.

A whole year without her prince has made her tired. Tired and so lonely.

But this? The feeling of being in Jaeyi's arms?

It's bliss.

"Thank you for finding me." Jaeyi softly says and Seulgi kisses her. Jaeyi's eyes widen for a second before she pulls in Seulgi closer.

Jaeyi has felt Seulgi's lips when she gave her CPR but she couldn't appreciate it then as she was too worried for her.

But now? This?

This was everything.

Seulgi's soft lips. Her trembling hands. Her soft calling of her name.

Jaeyi felt like she found heaven on earth.

They pull away from each other and Seulgi shakily holds Jaeyi's wrist.

"Jaeyi-ah. Don't leave me again, okay? Don't-" She sobs and it takes everything in Jaeyi to not pull her in for another kiss. "Don't disappear like that ever again, okay?" It was a plea. A request. Because that day still lingers on her mind.

She thought she was tough.

She grew up an orphan. Being bullied constantly. But that day?

That day broke her. The thought of not seeing Jaeyi ever again broke her soul and heart.

It took her months to not just randomly cry. Months of pain.

"I know. I'm sorry. And I promise, princess." Jaeyi kisses Seulgi's tears away and they both hug each other again.